The Right Honourable Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh. A biography Compiled by His Cousin Sarah L. Steele from Papers Chiefly Unpublished. London: Macmillan & Co., 1891. First Edition. Pp xxiv, 346, [64]. Publisher’s green cloth boards, title in gilt to spine, crest to centre of upper cover. A nice bright copy.

The story of Arthur Kavanagh, born Borris, Co. Carlow, 1831. Born without arms or legs, he was elected M.P. at thirty-five and served for 14 years.